On the one hand, those Harleys that can set off car alarms are way too noisy.

On the other hand, I don't want my own motorcycle to be too quiet because I count on the exhaust's noise as a safety feature to let car drivers know I'm on the road with them. I've been almost hit too many times due to inattentive drivers.

No way I'll ever get an electric street motorcycle in this town. That's asking to get hit by a car.

East Berlin was a dreary place for this inexperienced traveler in the 80's. I recall dull gray concrete buildings and the sense that eyes were on us everywhere.

@Checkpoint Charlie, we learned we weren't allowed to leave without surrendering our eastern Marks. So me and the rest of the kids in our group ran around desperately to find candy or other goodies to buy. Surrendering our coins was made a little easier because they were minted from aluminum and seemed kind of cheesy.

Maria, who do you think controls this dependence? Do you think the oil companies are keeping as much domestically produced oil in the U.S. as possible? Do you think that after all the cost and pollution of shipping in foreign oil that the oil companies are going to do the right thing and keep the gasoline made from that foreign oil here in the U.S. for you and me?

Nope. They sell it wherever they can make the most money, even if it means shipping to Asia! That's exactly what Chevron is doing right now. Gasoline refined in their Richmond, CA and Gulf Coast refineries is being shipped overseas: